📖 About the university

Guangzhou College of Commerce is a private full-time undergraduate university in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, specialising in economics, management and commerce-related disciplines. It was founded in 1997 by the Kangda group and originally operated as Zengcheng College of South China Normal University, one of the first independent colleges in China. In 2014 it was approved by the Ministry of Education to become an independently established private undergraduate university, the first such transformed institution in Guangdong. The university now has fourteen secondary colleges and more than forty undergraduate programmes spanning economics, management, engineering, arts, law, literature and education. It is especially known for its accounting, e-commerce, finance and applied economics programmes, and is a designated master's degree cultivation unit in Guangdong Province. Located in the Zengcheng district on the eastern edge of Guangzhou, it serves the commercial and manufacturing economy of the Pearl River Delta.

🎯 Fields of study

🏛️ Colleges & schools

🌆 About Guangzhou

Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong province and a historic trading port on the Pearl River, long serving as China's gateway to the world. With a metropolitan population of around 19 million, it is one of the country's largest and most commercially dynamic cities, home to a substantial international community. The climate is humid subtropical, bringing long, hot, humid summers and short, mild winters with little cold. Landmarks range from the soaring Canton Tower to the intricate Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, the colonial-era Shamian Island, and Yuexiu Park with its Five Rams statue. Guangzhou is the heartland of Cantonese cuisine, celebrated for delicate dim sum, wonton noodles, roast goose, and tea culture. An enormous metro system, Baiyun International Airport, and high-speed rail make it a major hub linking Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and the whole Pearl River Delta. For an international student, Guangzhou offers a cosmopolitan, business-oriented environment, warm weather, excellent food, and one of the largest foreign populations in China.

💰 Fees & costs

💡 General estimates for international students in China; they vary by major and university, and the official figure is always on the university website.

🛂 Visa requirements by nationality

These are the general steps for the China student visa (X1/X2); details vary by the Chinese embassy in your country.